If you’re visiting Walt Disney World and staying at a Disney owned resort, you’ll be able to take advantage of complimentary airport shuttle service, luggage delivery and airline check-in.

Disney's Magical Express service allows guests to check their luggage at their hometown airport and have it taken directly from the Orlando International Airport to their Disney Resort. (This service is patterned after the luggage system used by Disney Cruise Line guests who use DCL transfers.)

At the Magical Express Welcome Center, guests can pre-register for the Resort Airline Check-In Service (You must be using one of the participating airlines as noted below).

While the inbound domestic airlines are not restricted, outbound domestic flight check in at the resort is limited to guests flying on:

AirTran Airways

Alaska Airline

American

Delta

Continental

Jet Blue

Northwest

Southwest

United

US Airways

If you arrive after 10 PM luggage service will not be available. You will need to take your luggage to the Welcome Center for Disney's Magical Express. You and your luggage will be transported on the bus.

The Walt Disney World resorts offer international flight check-in service.

IMPORTANT: Guests must be 12 or older to travel unaccompanied on Disney's Magical Express.

Luggage and Fees

Any checked/excess bag fees are paid via Baggage Airline Guest Services (BAGS), the contractor for this service. The extra bag fee must be paid to BAGS in advance of using your resort's airline check-in service.

BAGS can be reached by calling 407-284-1231 between 7 am and 11 pm. This call is free when made from your Disney resort room. Only Master Card, Visa and American Express are accepted as payment.

If your luggage does not meet size/weight requirements and you have not paid the fees in advance, you will be unable to check the bags in at your resort. You will need to check-in your luggage upon arrival at the Orlando airport.

If you are not using one of these carriers, you can still use Magical Express but you will need to check-in for your flight at the airport.

In order to pre-register, you must do so at least two calendar days prior to your departure. If the length of your stay prevents you from doing this, you can still go to the desk to use this service.

When pre-registering, you still need to go to the Resort Airline Check-in desk with your bags and to get your boarding pass.

Magical Express guests can check-in at any time on their day of departure as long as it is not less than 3 hours prior to their flight departure time.

Below is the full set of policies for using the Resort Airline Check-In Service:

On their day of departure, Guests must check-in no less than 3 hours prior to their flight departure time

Guests with a flight departure time before 8:00 a.m. must check-in at the airport

For families traveling together, a parent or guardian may check-in for their spouse and minor children

Some Guests may be selected to check-in at the airport and may not be able to use the service

Luggage must be 50 pounds or less to use the service

One checked bag per person permitted. If you have more than that, you will need to check-in at the airport

A valid government issued photo ID and Key to the World Card are required

Things you can expect with Magical Express:

Luggage arriving late

Up to an hour or more of transportation time

Multiple stops at Disney resorts for other guests

The Disney's Magical Express complimentary shuttle service is provided by Mears Transportation. Upon arrival at the Orlando International Airport, guests should proceed to the Disney Welcome Center which will be located on the Level One/B side of the airport and be scheduled for the next available shuttle.

When returning home, guests are notified the day prior to their departure of the pick-up time. The Motor Coach is scheduled to pick up guests approximately 3 hours prior to their flight departure. Guests are picked up directly from their Disney resort.

Transportation is provided round the clock and is available seven days a week. Guests using the Disney's Magical Express service should anticipate sharing transportation with vacationers staying at the other Disney resorts.

These services are provided through a partnership with the Orlando International Airport, Mears Transportation, BAGS Inc., ARINC Incorporated, the Transportation Security Administration and the participating airlines.

Disney's Magical Express can be booked with any new package or room-only reservation. Disney will need to be provided with the Originating/connecting city into the Orlando airport, the departure destination, the Airline carrier and the flight numbers.

If the flight has not been booked when the Disney resort reservation is made, it can be added up to 10 days in advance.

Documentation will be provided twenty-one days prior to arrival. Guests will receive an Airport Transportation Booklet which will provide an overview of the service and will also have the luggage tags which are to be attached to the checked bags prior to departure. If the Disney's Magical Express service is added within 10 days of arrival, alternate arrangements will be made.

This service is for domestic travel only and is not offered to guests staying at the Swan/Dolphin hotels, the seven hotels in the Hotel Plaza Boulevard vicinity and Shades of Green.